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Le Mans 24 Hours 2014 The 82nd Le Mans 24 Hours
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Turner was comfortably clear after Bruni took on new tyres in that last stop – no new tyres for the Aston though, just fuel.
A slow lap for Treluyer means he loses five seconds to Nakajima in one fell swoop. The gap at the front is up to 1m36s.
The #29 Pegasus Morgan-Nissan has received a 45-second stop and go penalty for speeding in the pitlane.
Yellow flag
The leader hits trouble! The #7 Toyota has stopped on the track at Arnage - the #2 Audi leads!
Dejected mechanics watch the TV screens in the Toyota garage, but so far the screens have shown nothing of Nakajima's stricken car.
The #7 Toyota officially still sits second on the timing screens, but it will lose that position to Hartley in the #20 Porsche this lap.
Mardenborough sets a new personal best at the head of the LMP2 field.
Hartley and di Grassi have now passed the stopped Toyota in the standings, so that's #20 Porsche second, #1 Audi third.
The #2 Audi is well clear of both of them, with a lead of two laps.
The #2 Audi is well clear of both of them, with a lead of two laps.
Hartley pits from second place in the #20 Porsche, as we get the first glimpse of the sun starting to rise around the circuit.
Now di Grassi is in the pits too, so Hartley hangs onto second as he heads back out.
We've had our first glimpse of the stricken Toyota - a replay from a passing GTE car that showed Nakajima pulled over to the left of the track on the straight before the Porsche Curves - but it wasn't a particularly clear shot and certainly didn't show anything untoward.
LMP1
1 #2 Audi
2 #20 Porsche
3 #1 Audi
4 #7 Toyota (stopped)
5 #14 Porsche
6 #8 Toyota
1 #2 Audi
2 #20 Porsche
3 #1 Audi
4 #7 Toyota (stopped)
5 #14 Porsche
6 #8 Toyota
Right-hand side door change for the #74 Corvette. That's a shame because it's been a frontrunner throughout and that's a delay it could have done without having changed the brakes already.
Other cars could, maybe should, have to change their brakes as well, so all is not lost.
Other cars could, maybe should, have to change their brakes as well, so all is not lost.
A few hours ago we declared this race was Toyota's to lose. That was hardly a ground-breaking statement, but we certainly didn't expect the Japanese firm's challenge for victory to be over with nearly 10 hours still to run.
The reality seems to be setting in down at the Toyota garage, where despondent mechanics are hugging and shaking each other's hands, seemingly in disbelief that this race has got away from them again.
The reality seems to be setting in down at the Toyota garage, where despondent mechanics are hugging and shaking each other's hands, seemingly in disbelief that this race has got away from them again.
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One man who is obviously gutted is driver Alex Wurz, who makes no effort to hide his emotion on Twitter:
@Alex_Wurz: "I am devastated and want to cry! Leading the LeMans 24h race for 14h... pushing every inch along the way... and now technical breakdown :-("
You can't help but feel for them in a moment like this.
@Alex_Wurz: "I am devastated and want to cry! Leading the LeMans 24h race for 14h... pushing every inch along the way... and now technical breakdown :-("
You can't help but feel for them in a moment like this.
Treluyer pits the race-leading #2 Audi (we haven't quite got used to saying that after so many hours of Toyota leading). Fuel, no tyres, and away he goes, still comfortably ahead.
Breaking news
The #7 Toyota - the car that led this race for so long - is now officially retired. We still don't know exactly what the problem was that caused Nakajima to stop at the side of the road.
The #2 Audi continues to lead the #20 Porsche by two laps. The Porsche has a 60-second cushion over the #1 Audi in third.
Turner still leads by a comfortable margin in GTE Pro, more than half a minute clear of Bruni.
Bruni's setting some excellent lap times – personal bests no less – but give credit where it is due, Turner's been excellent.
His last two laps have been a 3m55.8s and a 3m56.2s, despite double stinting the tyres.
Having said all that, Bruni's now pit.
Bruni's setting some excellent lap times – personal bests no less – but give credit where it is due, Turner's been excellent.
His last two laps have been a 3m55.8s and a 3m56.2s, despite double stinting the tyres.
Having said all that, Bruni's now pit.
Gavin brings the #74 Corvette back into the pits for fuel and new slicks.
The #92 Manthey Porsche is slow into the Porsche Curves.
Breaking news
Toyota confirms that an "electrical problem with the loom" forced Nakajima's retirement from the lead of the race.
Lietz gets the #92 Manthey Porsche back to the pits. Is this its change of a podium over? It had been a drive of real grit and determination to get into that position in the first place.
The car's not quick enough in the dry here, that much is obvious. It's heavy and hard on its tyres – no wonder Porsche's top brass decried the BoP pre-race, it's had a tough one!
The car's not quick enough in the dry here, that much is obvious. It's heavy and hard on its tyres – no wonder Porsche's top brass decried the BoP pre-race, it's had a tough one!
Yellow flag
Well, Makowiecki takes over the Porsche and gets straight down to business – the #92 car is back out straight away.
Yellows at Porsche Curve for the #61 AF Corse Ferrari, which was second in GTE Am but has suffered contact and has stopped.
Yellows at Porsche Curve for the #61 AF Corse Ferrari, which was second in GTE Am but has suffered contact and has stopped.
The shutters have been pulled down on the #7 side of the Toyota garage. The manufacturer's focus now is on the #8 car's battle with the #14 Porsche for fourth place. That's surely as good as it can get for Toyota, with the top three a long way ahead.
Race control adds that there is "small debris" on the left-hand side of the first part of the Porsche Curves.
Breaking news
We will soon get a slow zone procedure - in the Porsche Curves.
The class-leading #97 Aston Martin has been wheeled backwards into the garage. This could be a change of brakes...
Yellow flag
The slow zone is now active in the Porsche Curves.
Lieb pits the #14 Porsche, allowing Davidson to take fourth in the remaining Toyota.
The #97 Aston is back out of the garage and into the race. Swift work from AMR, and clever to do it when there's a slow zone.
Drivers are being told to "keep right" on the entry to the Porsche Curves, suggesting the debris that is being cleared up is on the outside of the right-hander.
One AF Corse car – the #51 – takes the GTE lead, another – the #61 – is pushed into the garage. Contrast.
Webb pits the Signatech ORECA from second in LMP2, while the #35 OAK Ligier continues to control the class in the hands of Mardenborough.
Davidson pits, so fourth place goes back to the #14 Porsche with Lieb at the wheel.
The #74 Corvette is back in. This one looks to be getting away from it now.
Di Grassi is 37s behind the second-placed #20 Porsche of Hartley, and he's catching the 919.
It's a long stop for the Corvette. This isn't good. Lots of work over the back, looks like it's the engine.
The slow zone will end imminently.
The #14 Porsche is off at Indianapolis!
By: Geoff Creighton, Scott Mitchell, Glenn Freeman, Edd Straw, Gary Watkins, AUTOSPORT staff
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